Presenting a Child With Severe Disabilities: Parents and Professionals as Mediators  

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Tronvoll, Inger Marii

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Childhood: A Journal of Global Child Research vol. 02 no. 04 (Nov. 1994), page 196-206.
Topik: Developmental Disabilities; Children; Social Representations; Mediation; Integration; Care Services
Fulltext: Childhood-1994-Tronvoll-196-206 (04Y088).pdf (948.9KB)

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This article discusses the need for new forms of "presenting" severely disabled children to local politicians, administrators and people living in the local community. The ideas of normalization and inclusion, and the principle of decentralizing public social services make the local authorities responsible for offering disabled children normal life conditions. What is then normal life for a child in our society? The notions of child and childhood have changed through history, and now children are seen as subjects, actively taking part in communication and interaction with their environments, influencing their life conditions. Children with severe developmental disabilities have limited abilities to present themselves through interaction, and need mediators. How parents and professionals act as mediators, "presenting" the child to diverse groups, is illustrated by three cases. The purposes served by this medication are discussed.

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